OLD MALAYA SECURITY FORCE UNIFORM

“The tendency in modern civilization is to make the world uniform... Let the mind be universal. The individual should not be sacrificed.”

Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)

WATER DRAIN

“Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.”

Chogyam Trungpa

TESTIMONY OF THE TREE

For a hundred years I breathe and live, the flower of beauty and the bread of kindness. I am your friendly shade in the noonday heat of summer, and I stand pencilled against the winter twilight, a silhouette for dreams. At dawning in the spring I am filled with song, the host to a thousand birds, and I decorate the autumn with pageantry and colour.

Then comes the woodsman with his axe.

And still I serve.

I am the timber that builds your boat; the rafters of your cathedrals; the choirstalls of your church enriched by the magic of the carver's fingers. I am the beam that holds your house; the door of your homestead, and the lintel too. I am the handle of your hoe; the wood of your cradle; the bed on which you lie; the board of your table and the board for your bread.

When I am living, harm me not.

When I am dead, respect me and use me kindly.

Anonymous

FEELING BLUE

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Monk, Activist and Writer. b.1926)

HANGING MERCHANDISES FOR SALE

“The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.”

Marcelene Cox

BARREN HILL

“You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.”

Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf (American Army Officer, b.1934)

STOCK TRADING LIVES

“Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.”

Chamfort (French playwright, 1741-1794)

KNOCKING ON IRON GATE

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (the most popular American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882)